UX Wizards Podcast

Join Summer Thommen from Raddle as we talk to her about bridging the gap between ideation and technology. She tells us about her role as a facilitator and how to find the best outcome in a brainstorming session. We learn about how setting boundaries can create a safe space, which then leads to collaborative innovation. This is an episode not to miss!

Philosophy, Religion, Art, Failure, Perseverance. Join the whole UX Wizards Podcast team as we speak with UX Researcher Paul Boshears about his studies, career path and love of philosophy. (Part 2 of 2)

Philosophy, Religion, Art, Failure, Perseverance. Join the whole UX Wizards Podcast team as we speak with UX Researcher Paul Boshears about his studies, career path and love of philosophy. (Part 1 of 2)

"Design for the edge case." From snowboard tester to product tester, Mo Touman discusses the landscape of UX over the last decade. Morgan enjoyed reconnecting with his mentor about the future of where this ever-changing field, UX Design, is headed.

A team working across continents creates an Android-turned-iPhone app in what originally started out as a weekend project. Join our host Morgan Trueblood as he speaks to co-founders Claire and Dex about challenges, their project and what they ultimately created, Verbz

As we gear up for our next remote UX challenge, we wanted to speak with the last UX challenge winners: Team Bermuda Triangle. Jeseth Griffith, Mai Moua Vang, Victoria Chang, and Maria Stiller will take us through their process of their journey creating a WAZE integrated app to help flood victims gauge the severity of an emergency. The secret to their team's success for the remote UX challenge was...

This episode brings us close to home as we talk with founder Keri F and lead organizer Laura Williams of the UX Wizards. We learn about how the Wizards got their start and how the transition to meeting remotely lead to significant growth. This episode really captures so much of what UX Wizards embodies by learning more about the personalities behind such a unique collective.

Get in the groove with Devon Frohne. A Senior Product Designer at Tonal, Devon shares his insights on working remotely, sourcing talent, and the challenge of creating physical products. We’ll explore the intersection of Industrial Design and UX - related to creating exercise products that use machine learning to adapt to user needs. We’ll also explore the changing landscape of the Bay Area tech sc...

“It was important for me to learn a little bit about research, and that’s why my next job had to have elements of UX Research.” Chimmy Kalu opens up about how she’s designed her UX career. She left her Master’s degree program at University College of London to join a mature design team at British Airways. She then went on to help Vogue Magazine unify their international web presence while on assig...

“If you put some personality in there it will make it more memorable” In this episode we focus on Nabil Mir, an active UX wizard. Nabil organized the now legendary Figma party, Funeral for Bad UX, a collaborative design experience. Nabil shares stories of his artistic work in the art world of New York, where he created an interactive museum to teach kids about art history. He also talks about his...

In the second episode of the UX Wizards Podcast, Val Head takes us through her journey in UX. In the second episode of the UX Wizards Podcast, we chat with Val Head, speaker, author, and design advocate at Adobe specializing in UX and UI animation. Val takes us through her journey in UX, from setting up websites for her friends' bands to learning code languages at night and taking Flash animation...

Ana Hernandez shares her experience about the Springboard UX/UI intensive bootcamp. Her journey to ux starts as career counselor and student coordinator in university setting, to becoming a mother, and finally to embarking on a journey into UX. She uses her experience as a mother for inspiration for her first design project at Springboard. She also links her understanding of art history to a creat...